Usage:
Arp Member of Queen City Formation of Claiborne Group (TX)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (middle Eocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: vicinity of Homer Lacey country store on road from Bell Church to Griffin, Henrys Chapel quadrangle. Named from town of Arp, 6 mi north of mapped area, in southeastern Smith Co., TX (Stenzel, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin
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